[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Anityatāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra) › [མི་རྟག་པ་ཉིད་ཀྱི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo) › [The Sutra on Impermanence (2)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo~en-84000) › intro.1 # མ་རྟག་པ་ཉད་ཀྱ་མད intro.1 The Sūtra on Impermanence (2) intro.1 - **Language:** English ### [intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.1) The Sūtra on Impermanence ( Anityatāsūtra) is a short discourse on the impermanence of conditioned states. The Buddha explains that it does not matter what one’s social status is, whether one is born in a heaven, or even if one has realized awakening and is an arhat, a pratyekabuddha, or a buddha. All that lives will eventually die. He concludes with a series of verses on impermanence exhorting the audience to understand that happiness is to bring conditioned states to rest. - [Next: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.2) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo~en-84000.intro.1) · Pramāṇa